# पुराण
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पुराण (purāṇa). Doublet of पुराना (purānā).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /pʊ.ɾɑːɳ/, [pʊ.ɾä̃ːɳ]

### Proper noun

पुराण • (purāṇ) m
* (Hinduism) Purana (one of several texts of an ancient genre of Hindu or Jain literature)

#### Declension
### Adjective

पुराण • (purāṇ) (indeclinable)
* (formal) ancient, old
    Synonyms: प्राचीन (prācīn), पुराना (purānā)

#### References

* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पुराण”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* purāṇa (Latin script)
* 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀸𑀡 (Brahmi script)
* পুরাণ (Bengali script)
* පුරාණ (Sinhalese script)
* ပုရာဏ or ပုရႃꧣ (Burmese script)
* ปุราณ or ปุราณะ (Thai script)
* ᨷᩩᩁᩣᨱ (Tai Tham script)
* ປຸຣາຓ or ປຸຣາຓະ (Lao script)
* បុរាណ (Khmer script)
* 𑄛𑄪𑄢𑄂𑄕 (Chakma script)

### Adjective

पुराण (purāṇa)
* Devanagari script form of purāṇa (“old”)

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* পুৰাণ (Assamese script)
* ᬧᬸᬭᬵᬡ (Balinese script)
* পুরাণ (Bengali script)
* 𑰢𑰲𑰨𑰯𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀸𑀡 (Brahmi script)
* ပုရာဏ (Burmese script)
* પુરાણ (Gujarati script)
* ਪੁਰਾਣ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌪𑍁𑌰𑌾𑌣 (Grantha script)
* ꦥꦸꦫꦴꦟ (Javanese script)
* 𑂣𑂳𑂩𑂰𑂝 (Kaithi script)
* ಪುರಾಣ (Kannada script)
* បុរាណ (Khmer script)
* ປຸຣາຓ (Lao script)
* പുരാണ (Malayalam script)
* ᢒᡠᡵᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘢𑘳𑘨𑘰𑘜 (Modi script)
* ᢒᠤᠷᠠᢗᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧂𑧔𑧈𑧑𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐥𑐸𑐬𑐵𑐞 (Newa script)
* ପୁରାଣ (Odia script)
* ꢦꢸꢬꢵꢠ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆥𑆶𑆫𑆳𑆟 (Sharada script)
* 𑖢𑖲𑖨𑖯𑖜 (Siddham script)
* පුරාණ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩰𑩒𑩼𑩛𑩪 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚞𑚰𑚤𑚭𑚘 (Takri script)
* புராண (Tamil script)
* పురాణ (Telugu script)
* ปุราณ (Thai script)
* པུ་རཱ་ཎ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒣𑒳𑒩𑒰𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨞𑨃𑨫𑨊𑨘 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *pr̥Hānás, from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₂-o-nó-s, from *preh₂- (“before”). Cognate with Old Norse forn (“ancient”). See also पुरस् (puras, “before”), पुरा (purā, “formerly”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /pu.ɾɑː.ɳɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /puˈɾɑː.ɳɐ/

### Adjective

पुराण • (purāṇá) stem
* belonging to ancient or olden times, ancient, old
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 4.18.1:अयं पन्था अनुवित्तः पुराणो यतो देवा उदजायन्त विश्वे ।ayaṃ panthā anuvittaḥ purāṇo yato devā udajāyanta viśve."This is the ancient and accepted pathway by which all Gods have come into existence..."
* withered, worn out

#### Antonyms

* नूतन (nū́tana)
* नव (náva)

#### Descendants

* Dardic:
** Kashmiri: پرٛون (prōn)
** Khowar: پَرانُو (paráanu)
** Phalura:
    Arabic script: پُروݨوۡ
    Latin script: puróoṇu
* Pali: purāṇa
* Prakrit: 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀸𑀡 (purāṇa) (see there for further descendants)
* → Khmer: បុរាណ (boraan)

### Proper noun

पुराण • (purāṇá) stem, n
* Purana (one of several texts of an ancient genre of Hindu or Jain literature)
* name of work (containing an index of the contents of a number of पद्म (padma) and some other works)
* name of a Rishi

#### Descendants

* → Bengali: পুরাণ (puran) (learned)
* → Gujarati: પુરાણ (purāṇ) (learned)
* → Hindi: पुराण (purāṇ) (learned)
* → Kannada: ಪುರಾಣ (purāṇa) (learned)
* → Malayalam: പുരാണം (purāṇaṁ) (learned)
* → Punjabi: ਪੁਰਾਣ (purāṇ) (learned)
* → Tamil: புராணம் (purāṇam) (learned)
* → Telugu: పురాణము (purāṇamu) (learned)
* → Sindhi: (learned) purāṇu
    Arabic script: پُراڻُ
    Devanagari script: पुराणु

### Noun

पुराण • (purāṇá) stem, m
* a कर्ष (karṣa) or measure of silver
* a thing or event of the past, an ancient tale or legend, old traditional history
* (in the plural) the ancients

#### Declension
### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “पुराण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 635, column 1.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 146-147